From July through December of 2019, there were 253 homes sold, with a median sale price of $380,000 - a 8.6% increase over the $349,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 249 homes sold in Waunakee in the second half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Waunakee for 2019 was $6,842. In 2018, the median sales tax was $6,220. This marks an increase of 10%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.8%.
The following table compares Waunakee to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2019:
| City | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Bluff | 26 | 37 | -29.7% | $560,515 | $491,500 | 14% |
| Shorewood Hills | 35 | 32 | 9.4% | $540,000 | $576,000 | -6.3% |
| Waunakee | 253 | 249 | 1.6% | $380,000 | $349,900 | 8.6% |
| Middleton | 253 | 283 | -10.6% | $330,000 | $355,250 | -7.1% |
| Dane | 16 | 16 | 0% | $310,000 | $246,569 | 25.7% |
| Fitchburg | 359 | 336 | 6.8% | $300,000 | $295,965 | 1.4% |
| Cottage Grove | 106 | 100 | 6% | $296,500 | $264,950 | 11.9% |
| McFarland | 131 | 135 | -3% | $294,500 | $289,900 | 1.6% |
| DeForest | 196 | 175 | 12% | $291,273 | $248,500 | 17.2% |
| Brooklyn | 15 | 15 | 0% | $275,000 | $205,000 | 34.1% |
| Oregon | 194 | 197 | -1.5% | $269,300 | $252,000 | 6.9% |
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